Note: This is the opposite side of the country from Atlanta, Georgia, where I write most of my articles about film locations, but I was on vacation last week, so I worked with what I had. On the subject of vacations, Monterey Bay is gorgeous and beautifully temperate, but U.S. Airways, recently acquired by American Airlines, is an extremely shitty airline to fly across the country on.

"Exceptional service," my ass.

My life companion grew up in Pacific Grove, and at the time they filmed Turner & Hooch, was a little punk with a boogie board. He and his friends effectively ruined a scene filmed at Lover's Point by refusing to leave the shot. One of his friends also taunted Tom Hanks, even after Hanks affectionately and kindly tousled my life companion's hair as he walked by. Damn kids.

Fun fact: In The Simpsons Movie, an animated Tom Hanks tousles an animated kid's hair, in much the same way he did to my live-action life companion.

Lover's Point

The police station scenes from the film were staged at what is now a Chase Bank, on the corner of Forest Ave. and Lighthouse Ave. The building is very quaint, as you can see in the below photo.

The police station in Turner & Hooch.

At one point in the film, Turner chases Hooch through a wedding reception. This scene was staged at the opposite corner from the police station, at what is now a Union Bank. This corner, also at Lighthouse and Forest Aves., houses a little kiosk from which anyone can take tourist information pamphlets for free - they are so nice in Pacific Grove, California!

Wedding crashers.

A large swath of Forest Ave. is used to film an extended scene of Turner again chasing Hooch.